Tobacco-pipe cleaner



G. BAZUTKA TOBACCO PIPE CLEANER Filed Sept- 18, 1924 July 14, 1925.

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UNITED STATES GEORGE BAZUTKA, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

TOBACCO-PIPE CLEANER.

V Applicationfiled September 18, 1924. Serial .hl'o. 738,431.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEoR-en BAZUTKA, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful improvements in Tobacco- PipeCleaners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a tobacco pipe cleaner and has'for its primeobject to provide a device of this nature which is efiicient in removingthe incrustation of carbon and like material which forms on the interiorof a tobacco pipe.

Another important objectof th-einvention is to provide a device of thisnature which is simple in construction, easy to manipulate, readilycarried about, reliable, inexpensive to manufacture, and well adapted tothe purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other ob jects in view as will appearas thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features ofconstruction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more fully described and 'claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a view showing a pipe with the bowl in section and my deviceapplied thereto,

Figure 2 is a transverse section therethrough substantially on the line22 of Figure 1 looking downwardly,

Figure 3 is another section therethrough taken substantially on the line33 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is a plan view of the open end of a tobacco pipe bowl showingmy inven tion applied thereto,

Figure 5 is an elevation of a modified form of the invention,

Figure 6 is a longitudinal section therethrough substantially on theline 66 of Figure 5,

Figure 7 is a detail perspective of an attachment for this modification,

Figure 8 is a perspective view of a second modification of the device,and

Figure 9 isa perspective view of the sheath for the device.

Referring to the drawing in detailand the form of the invention shown inFigures 1 to 4 inclusive it will be seen that 1 designates the body orblade of the device which head 5.

is constructed at one end with the curved edge 2 which is adapted to beengaged with the bottom of the tobacco pipe bowl as in di'eated inFigure 1. The two side edges 3 of the blade are substantially'straightand form the terminals of the beveled portions 4. A cross head 5 isformedintegral with the end of the blade 1 opposite to that which iscurved and is substantially wider than the blade so as to form shoulders6 upon which are mounted scraping elements 7 which are adapted to cleanthe open end of the pipe bowl. The modification shown in Figure 8 isidentical with that shown in Figures 1 to 4 except that the scrapingelements 7' are inclined for scraping the open 7 end of the bowl whenthe same is beveled inwardly. Tn these'two modifications it is to benoted that the devicetapers slightly both in width and thickness fromthe cross head 5 to the curved end 2. The sheath 8 shown in Figure 9 isshaped to conform to the configuration of the blade 1 when the device isnot being used. This sheath may be made of any suitable material sheetmetal being preferable. This sheath protects the pocket in which thedevice may be carried. It is advisable that the device be carried on akey ring or the like and for this purpose an eye 9 is provided on theupper edge of the A button or like projection 10 is formed on the sheathin order that it may be easily fitted over the blade or taken therefrom.

In the two modifications of the invention just described the blade ismade to fit the bowl and of course must be placed on the market indifferent sizes. It is placed in the bowl as shown in Figure 1 and thentwisted or rotated so as to scrape the incrustation of carbon or othermaterial from the interior of the bowl and the elements 7 will scrapesimilar incrustation from the open end thereof.

Some pipe bowls are constructed with the lower or inner end thereofhaving a larger diameter than the open ends. Such a pipe bowl isindicated in dotted lines in Figure 5 and the modification shown inFigures 5, 6 and 7 is adapted to accommodate such a pipe bowl. In thismodification the blade 11 is of substantially the same construction asthe blade 1 and the cross head 12 is of substantially the sameconstruction as cross head 5. An attachment 13 shown to arlvan tags in"Figiire 7,ho wever,"is assoeiatedflvith the devlce formlng a carriagein which the blade is adapted to rock. This attachment consists of aplate 14- having 'a longitu dlnally extending rectangular opening 15therem and on its side edges being provided with the two apertured ears16. The blade is extended through theope niiig l5 and a' tionof thedevice is placed in the bowl substantially as shown in Figure 5 and itwill be seen 'that it my be rocked so as to cause itsscraping edge tocontactwith theinterior surface of thapipe DOWl even though thediameter-ct the bowl should be larger. at its closed end thanat its openend. Theattachment act'sas a scraping element for the openend. Itwillthus be seen with this device tlie'incrustation of carbon andsimilar material ,may easily be removed by such a Pi e, H a

. QItViS thought that the construction and operation of the inventionshould now be clearly understood without amore detail descriptionthereof. fWhile the preferred embodiments of the invention have beendescribed in detail, it will be understood that I do not wish to belimited to the particular construction set forth, since various changesin. the form, material, proportions, and, arrangen' ent: of parts, and'inthe details fo't construction may be resorted to Without departingfrom the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or ingany '01. itsadvantages."

Having thus described 'my invention, what I clai m'as 'fiew is:

1. Apipe cleaning device of the'class described including a blade, anattachment for the blade rockably mounted thereon including"a"plate 'liaving an elongated opening therein through which the blade extends, saidattachment acting a",scra'pii1g"ele ment for uw'open end of'a' pipe'bowlwhile the 'blade acts asa-scraping element for the interior thereof.

2 A pipe cleaning device of the class described including a'blade, ahead formed "on one end of the blade, an attachment associated with theblade formed from an'elongated plate having a "slot thereofltliroughwhich the blade extend's, and means jtor pivotalljl' engaging the plate"with the head.

, 3. A tobacco pipe cleaning'device ol the class described including ablade, ahead formed on one end of the blade, an attachment including anelongated plate-"having a slot formed longitudinallytherein and "a pairof apertured ears formed onits side edges, said blade extending throughthe slot of the plate and' a pin extending through the aperturedears andthehead to pivotally mount the attachment thereon;

In testim ny whereof 'Lrflfix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses GEORGE BAZUTKA.

itness'es v EUGENE J "McCAn'rHY, JOHN T. KANE.

